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How do you come up with names for your characters?
Arlo and Augustus are great names for characters, but how does Catherine dream them up?
  1. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
  2. Scots
    01:14
    Scots
  3. Writing in Scots
    01:54
    Writing in Scots
  4. Minging!
    00:42
    Minging!
  5. Taking on Roald Dahl
    02:40
    Taking on Roald Dahl
  6. The right words
    02:22
    The right words
  7. Quentin Blake
    00:42
    Quentin Blake
  8. A reading in Scots
    02:35
    A reading in Scots
  9. Questions
    01:21
    Questions
  10. More questions
    03:14
    More questions
  11. Even more questions
    03:39
    Even more questions
  12. Translating into Gaelic
    00:53
    Translating into Gaelic
  13. Stories and puzzles
    01:34
    Stories and puzzles
  14. Dogs in space
    01:29
    Dogs in space
  15. Questions from Linlithgow Academy
    05:02
    Questions from Linlithgow Academy
  16. Using Scotland as a setting
    01:06
    Using Scotland as a setting
  17. A question from Blake
    01:15
    A question from Blake
  18. The main characters
    03:46
    The main characters
  19. What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
    04:19
    What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
  20. Pupils' questions
    07:21
    Pupils' questions
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